Saddlebrook Dollar store robber caught | News

The suspect in a July 30 armed robbery at the Dollar General Store in the Saddlebrook area off Ky. 192 was arrested on Tuesday morning.

Dustin Ryan Gregory, 26, of Manchester, was located in an apartment in Manchester by Manchester City Police working in conjunction with the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.

Gregory is charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree fleeing or evading police in a motor vehicle, first-degree fleeing or evading police on foot, and receiving stolen property over $10,000.

Gregory reportedly entered the store around 7:48 p.m. that Sunday evening and took money from the clerk on duty, then fled the scene in a vehicle that had been reported stolen earlier that day.

Sheriff's Deputy Travis Napier was in the vicinity when the call of the robbery was sent out by Laurel Dispatch and pursued the suspect vehicle. Gregory engaged in a pursuit through London, turning east onto Hal Rogers Parkway toward Clay County. Before reaching the county line, however, Gregory ditched the vehicle and fled on foot.

He remained on the lam for over three weeks while Sheriff's officials were gathering information from information received after posting pictures of the robbery suspect on their Facebook page - images obtained from the store's surveillance camera.